Bottle attachment.



J. B. CLAYTON.

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 20, 1914.

LT.%@,@%9. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

A TTOR/VE VS "-HE NORRIS PETERS (30., FHDTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

JOSEPH B. CLAYTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 116, 1915.,

Application filed March 20, 1914. Serial No. 826,069.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, .l'osnrn: B. CLAYTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bottle Attachments, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention is an improvement in bottle attachments, and has for itsobject to provide an attachment of the character specified, adapted forconnection with the neck of a bottle, especially those containingpoisonous substances, and having means for encircling the stopper of thebottle to prevent the removal of the stopper without striking theattachment to Warn the person handling the bottle concerning thecontents of the same.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 2, andFig. 2 is a side view of a bottle provided with the improvement, withparts in section.

As is known, accidents frequently happen in dispensing drugs by reasonof the dispenser getting hold of the wrong bottle. When bottles areplaced in a certain order, those having access to the bottles becomeaccustomed to the order, and in dispensing, the selection of the severalbottles, is to a great extent mechanical, the dispenser taking thebottles from their position with a hand directed in accordance with hismemory of the plan of the arrangement of the bottle. Were the bottlesalways in their regular order, such accidents would not occur, but theorder is liable to be disarranged by other persons having accessthereto. Neither is it always convenient to have a particular type ofbottle for poisons, neither as regards color or external arrangement,yet it is desirable to have some attachment that may be connected withany bottle that will furnish a sure and certain warning to the dispenseras to the character of the contents of the bottle. The present inventionis designed for this purpose and is constructed in such manner that itmay be connected with the neck of any bottle and when so connected,access may not be had to the cork without the dispenser receiving sureand certain warning as to the character ofthe bottles contents.

The improvement is shown in connection with the neck 1 of a bottle 2 ofordinary construction. The neck is provided with the usual externalannular rib 3, at its top and the usual stopper 4 is provided forclosing the neck.

The improvement comprises a wire or rod which is bent to form a seriesof spiral coils 5, and a second series 6, the series 5 being at one endand the series 6 at the other. The coils of the series 5 graduallydecrease in diameter toward their connection with the coils of theseries 6, so that the figure formed by the series of coils is offrustro-conical form. The coils of series 6 are of approxi mately thesame diameter so that the figure formed by the said coils iscylindrical. The coils of series 6 are adapted to engage the neck 1 ofthe bottle externally between the rib 3 and the body of the bottle, andto embrace the said neck sufficiently tight to hold the attachment inplace. The coils of series 5 are spaced apart from each other as shown,and suliicient coils are provided to cause the free end 7 of the wire orrod at the said end to stand well above the top of the cork or stopperof the bottle. An open frustroconical framework is thus provided, whichincloses the stopper and which extends beyond the upper end of the same.The wire or rod is resilient, so that the coils 6 of the attachment maybe slipped over the neck of the bottle and so that the coils 5 may bepressed together to permit access to the cork for removing the same. Theattachment is in effect an open framework for inclosing the stopper toprevent access thereto, and having means for engaging the neck of thebottle to hold the framework in place around the stopper.

It will be obvious that any preferred form of connection for engagingthe bottle might be provided, the coils 6 being used because of thesimplicity and ease with which the entire attachment may be formed froma single piece of wire or rod.

The improved attachment is especially designed for connection withbottles of any character merely by slipping the coils 6 over the neck.The attachment is always in place, and as soon as the coils are releasedafter dispensing the contents of the bottle, they expand as shown inFig. 2 into operative position. The cork may be easily removed bydepressing the coils 7, but it cannot be grasped even from the outer endof the attachment without a portion of the attachment striking thefingers, thus giving warn; ing of the character of the contents of thebottle. The spiralarrangement of the coils permits the coils to lie oneWithin the other When the said coils are compressed or pressed towardeach other.

I claim p 1. An attachment of the character specified, comprising aresilient Wire or red bent to form aseries of spiral coils spaced apartfrom each other and gradually decreasing to he one Within the other Whenthey are pressed together to permit access to the stopper.

2. An attachment of the character specified, comprising a resilient Wireor rod bent to form a series of spiral coils spaced apart from eachother, and a second series of coils at the other end of less diameterthan the coils of the first-named series and of approximately equaldiameter, the lastna1ned coils being adapted to engage the neck of abottle, and the first-named coils forming an open framework inclosingthe stopper and extending beyond the same.

3. An attachment of the character specified, comprising a Wire or rodbent to form a series of spiral coils at one end and having at the otherend means for engaging the neck of a bottle to support the coils inposition around the stopper of the bottle, the coils graduallydecreasing in diameter toward the bottle engaging means to cause thecoils to lie one Within the other when. compressed.

l. An attachment of the character specified, comprising an opencompressible fra1ne- WOlk of Wire adapted to encircle the neck of abottle, and having means for engaging the neck to support the frameworkin position around the stopper, and being compressible to permit accessto the stopper.

JOSEPH B. CLAYTON.

Vitnesses JAY MALAMBRE, ARTHUR D. HENDRIX.

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Washington, D. G.

